2016-17 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BASKETBALLGAME 1 — ORAL ROBERTS GAME NOTES Follow Baylor Basketball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @BaylorMBB GAME 31 5/5 BAYLOR (26-4, 15-3 B12) vs. TCU (16-15, 7-11 B12) or KANSAS STATE (10-21, 3-15 B12) March 12, 2020 • 6:00 p.m. CT • Watch: ESPN2 and ESPN App • Listen: ESPN Central Texas & TuneIn App Kansas City, Mo. • Sprint Center (18,972) • Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicEm | #1TGF MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES TV: ESPN2 and ESPN App • No. 5 Baylor takes on No. 7 TCU or No. 10 K-State in Thursday’s quarterfinal at the Big 12 Championship. Talent: Rich Hollenberg (pxp), Chris Spatola (analyst), • Baylor is a top-2 seed for the first time since the 1988 Southwest Conference Tournament. Kris Budden (reporter) • If Baylor faces TCU, it will be the 2nd time at a Big 12 Championship (win in 2014 first round). BU Radio: Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas • If BU faces K-State, it will be the 5th time at a B12 Champ (win in 2012, losses in 2002, 2010, 2017). Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst) • Baylor is looking to advance to the semifinals for a 4th time in the last 7 years (2014, 2015, 2016). Satellite Radio: Sirius 135, XM 199, Internet 953 Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicEm | #1TGF • A win would tie the 3rd-most wins in program history (30 in 2012, 28 in 2010, 27 in 2017). All-Time Series BU is 16-22 in Big 12 Championships • Baylor became the first program in Big 12 history to have 5 players named to All-Big 12 teams. Drew Era Baylor is 12-15 • BU also had the league’s Coach of the Year (Scott Drew), Newcomer of the Year (Davion Mitchell), Kansas City Baylor is 12-18 Sixth Man Award winner (Devonte Bandoo) and Most Improved Player (Freddie Gillespie). vs. TCU Baylor is 1-0 • BU players made up 60% of the Big 12 All-Defensive Team (Mark Vital, Mitchell and Gillespie). vs. K-State Baylor is 1-3 Last Season Lost vs. Iowa State in Quarterfinal • Baylor is guaranteed to finish with its fewest losses since going 18-6 in 1968-69. Last Semifinal 2016, lost vs. Kansas • Baylor was No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for 5 straight weeks, tying the longest streak since Kentucky in 2015. Last Final 2014, lost vs. Iowa State • Baylor is on a school-record streak of 10 straight weeks top-5 ranked (previously 6 straight in 2017). 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • BU has led by at least 5 points in every game and has built a double-digit lead in 24 of 30 games, while DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME the Bears have trailed by double-digits 4 times all season (win at OSU, losses vs. KU, at TCU, at WVU). N5 16/18 — CENTRAL ARKANSAS Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 105-61 N8 16/18 rv/rv vs. Washington1 ESPN L, 64-67 • Baylor (11-2) has the nation’s best record in NET Quadrant 1 games and the 2nd-most Quadrant 1 N15 ­24/18 — TEXAS STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 72-63 wins behind only Kansas (12-3). Every other team with 10+ Q1 wins has at least 6 Q1 losses. N21 24/23 — vs. Ohio2 ESPN2 W, 76-53 • Baylor (6-1) has the nation’s best record vs. AP Top 25 ranked teams (min. 3 games). N22 24/23 — at Coastal Carolina2 ESPNU W, 77-65 N24 24/23 17/15 vs. Villanova2 ESPN W, 87-78 • Three of Baylor’s 4 losses this season have been by 3 points (vs. Washington, vs. Kansas, at TCU). D3 18/16 — MD. EASTERN SHORE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 78-46 • Baylor ranks 7th nationally in scoring defense (60.1) and 18th nationally in scoring margin (+11.0). D7 18/16 12/11 ARIZONA ESPNU W, 63-58 • Baylor’s 60.1 ppg allowed is just shy of the Big 12 scoring defense record (59.4 TAMU in 2007). D10 11/11 18/19 BUTLER3 ESPN2 W, 53-52 D18 10/11 — vs. UT-Martin4 ESPNU W, 91-63 • Baylor’s 2-point FG% defense ranks 19th nationally (.444) and effective FG% defense ranks 15th (.452). D30 6/4 — JACKSON STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 83-57 • BU’s 26-4 is its best 30-game mark in program history. BU’s best 31-game start is 25-6 in 2012 & 2017. J4 6/4 — • TEXAS ESPN2 W, 59-44 • Baylor’s streak of 19 consecutive AP polls ranked is 3rd-longest in program history (all since 2010). J7 4/4 22/21 • at Texas Tech ESPN2 W, 57-52 • BU and KU were a combined 16-2 in Big 12 road games, while the rest of the league was 16-56. J11 4/4 3/3 • at Kansas CBS W, 67-55 J15 2/2 — • IOWA STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 68-55 • BU held 8 Big 12 opponents to 55 or fewer points, the program record for most in a single season. J18 2/2 — • at Oklahoma State ESPN2 W, 75-68 • BU is No. 5 in the NET with 7 top-25 NET wins: No. 1 (road), No. 13, No. 14, No. 17, No. 19, No. 22 (2x). J20 1/2 — • OKLAHOMA ESPN W, 61-57 J25 1/2 rv/rv at Florida5 ESPN W, 72-61 • Baylor has the nation’s most wins and best record (8-2) vs. NET top-30 ranked teams (min. 3 games). J29 1/1 — • at Iowa State ESPNU W, 67-53 • Baylor’s defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 18 of 30 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year. F1 1/1 — • TCU ESPN2 W, 68-52 • Baylor has held 5 high-major opponents to their season-low scoring totals – Arizona (58), Butler (52), F3 1/1 — • at Kansas State ESPN2 W, 73-67 Texas (44), Texas Tech (52) and Kansas (55). BU has held 26 of 30 opponents below 70 points. F8 1/1 — • OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN2 W, 78-70 F10 1/1 — • at Texas ESPN W, 52-45 • BU is the only team with 2 Naismith Defensive POY semifinalists Mark( Vital & Davion Mitchell). F15 1/1 14/14 • WEST VIRGINIA Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 70-59 • Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are 95-11 this year. F18 1/1 — • at Oklahoma ESPN2 W, 65-54 F22 1/1 3/3 • KANSAS ESPN L, 61-64 • Baylor is playing its 242nd game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over F25 2/2 — • KANSAS STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 85-66 the program’s 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 239 of 421 games. F29 2/2 — • at TCU ESPN L, 72-75 M2 4/4 rv/rv • TEXAS TECH ESPN OT W, 71-68 TEAM INFORMATION BAYLOR 2019-20 STATS M7 4/4 rv/rv • at West Virginia Big 12 Now/ESPN+ L, 64-76 BAYLOR (26-4, 15-3 Big 12) # P NAME YR PPG RPG APG MPG M12 5/5 — vs. TBD6 ESPN2 6 p.m. Ranking 5th — AP, 5th — Coaches 12 G Jared Butler So. 16.0 3.2 3.1 30.4 Head Coach Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) 31 G MaCio Teague RJr. 13.9 4.6 1.9 32.6 SCHEDULE KEY 45 G Davion Mitchell RSo. 9.9 2.7 3.8 32.4 1 – Armed Forces Classic (Anchorage); 2 – Myrtle Beach Invitational Career Record 362-224 (18th season) 33 F Freddie Gillespie RSr. 9.6 9.0 2.2* 28.4 (Conway, S.C.); 3 – Big East/Big 12 Battle (Waco, Texas); BU Record 342-213 (17th season) 2 G Devonte Bandoo Sr. 7.6 3.6 1.5 25.8 4 – The Battleground 2k19 (Houston); 5 — Big 12/SEC Challenge Big 12 Champ. 12-15 (Gainesville, Fla.); 6 — Big 12 Championship (Kansas City) 11 F Mark Vital RJr. 6.1 6.2 1.8 26.0 Rankings: AP/Coaches; All times Central TCU (16-15, 7-11 Big 12) 24 F Matthew Mayer So. 4.8 1.9 0.8 11.6 Head Coach Jamie Dixon (TCU, 1987) 25 F Tristan Clark Jr. 4.0 2.4 0.5 13.1 BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS TCU Record 84-56 (4th season) 0 F Flo Thamba So. 2.3 2.2 0.7* 9.1 15 G Obim Okeke Sr. 0.1 0.6 0.6 3.0 DAVID KAYE Assistant AD KANSAS STATE (10-21, 3-15 Big 12) 254-709-5147 • [email protected] 13 F Jackson Moffatt RFr. 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.0 Head Coach Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1978) 5 F Jordan Turner Fr. — — — — K-State Record 160-110 (8th season) * - blocks per game GAME 31 — BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP 2019-20 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS QUICK HITS John JAKUS JAYK-us • Baylor’s 23-game winning streak was the longest ever by a Big 12 team (previously 22 by 1996-97 KU). • BU’s 13-game conference winning streak was the longest in school history (previously 11 in 1946 SWC). Matthew MAYER MYE-er • Baylor has won 20+ games in 11 of the last 13 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous DAVION Mitchell DAY-vee-ahn 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988). OBIM OKEKE OH-bihm oh-KAY-kay • Baylor is 51-5 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18 (21-2 this season).